Habanero and Passion Fruit Fermented Hot sauce
- Marissa McKeague
- Feb 23, 2021
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 6, 2021
INGREDIENTS:
2 Passion fruit
8 Habaneros
4 Manzano Peppers
4 Bird's eye chilis
2 Cups water
2.5 Tablespoons salt
2 Garlic cloves
1 Tablespoons peppercorns
DIRECTIONS:
Dissolve salt into the water. Chop peppers into bite-sized pieces, add to the fermentation vessel. Add peppercorns, garlic cloves, and passion fruit.
Add water to the top of peppers and passion fruit. Stir to combine.
I weighed the peppers down, closed the lid, and let them sit for 3-5 days, "burping" my jar daily. I use a sandwich bag filled with water to weigh down my fermentation.
Once I am happy with the level of fermentation, I will blend and enjoy it!
NOTES:
I saw the Manzano peppers at the farmer's market and hoped they would be spicy and pair nicely with the passionfruit. The ones I got were milder than anticipated, so I got creative and added the bird's eye and the habanero peppers—fermented hot sauces stored in the fridge for about 3 months.
Passion Fruit:
Passion fruit is a tropical fruit grown all over the world. It has a hard, colorful rind and juicy, seed-filled center. Purple and yellow varieties are the most common. One study found that passion fruit was richer in polyphenols than many other tropical fruits, including banana, lychee, mango, papaya, and pineapple. (1) Passion fruit offers a small amount of iron. Your body doesn't usually absorb iron from plants very well. However, the iron in passion fruit comes with a lot of vitamin C, which enhances iron absorption. (2)(3)
Septembre-Malaterre A, Stanislas G, Douraguia E, Gonthier MP. Evaluation of nutritional and antioxidant properties of the tropical fruits banana, litchi, mango, papaya, passion fruit and pineapple cultivated in Réunion French Island. Food Chem. 2016;212:225-233. doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.05.147
Hallberg L, Brune M, Rossander L. The role of vitamin C in iron absorption. Int J Vitam Nutr Res Suppl. 1989;30:103-108.
West H. Passion Fruit 101 — Everything You Need to Know. Healthline. https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/passion-fruit. Published 2018. Accessed 2021.
Kitada M, Ogura Y, Maruki-Uchida H, et al. The Effect of Piceatannol from Passion Fruit (Passiflora edulis) Seeds on Metabolic Health in Humans. Nutrients. 2017;9(10):1142. Published 2017 Oct 18. doi:10.3390/nu9101142
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